Episode Title: 44. Cats Are Great And Goats Are Kings, With Cara Meyers.

This week’s episode features improvisor and writer Cara Meyers (Sleepover Party Moving Arts Theater , UCB Theater) 

We sit on the big red couch and discuss:

• A Police office in Toronto, Niran Jeyanesan, who ended up buying a shoplifter the clothes that he was attempting to steal instead of arresting him. When the officer realized that the 18 year old was trying to steal clothes for a job interview in order to help provide for his family, lands-job-after-cop-buys-him-the-clothes-he-allegedly-tried-to-steal-for-a-job-interview.html">he decided to give him a second chance. Niran bought him a shirt and tie and the young man ended up landing the job!
• plastic-cleanup-rubbish-seas-take-out-23-year-old-boyan-slat-north-sea-pacific-microplastics-a7880321.html#gallery">A 23 year old who has been working for years to come up with a solution to cleaning up the massive amount of waste that has accumulated in our ocean. What started as a school science project when he was 16 has now developed into The Ocean Cleanup, a foundation dedicated to using advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic waste.
• The federal government in Canada has just reached an agreement to create a national marine conservation area in Lancaster Sound. This will be the country’s largest and most diverse protected marine area.
• Cara is from Skokie, Illinois and her former high school has teamed up with the Allow Good Organization. Allow Good is a program that educates students about the social challenges facing their communities, equips them with the tools to effect change and engages them in taking action for social good.
• Animal corner features a festival in Ireland that goat-has-been-crowned-king-in-a-remote-irish-town-what-are-you-doing-with-your-life-327609.html">Kings a wild goat each year.

Cara and I wrap up the episode talking about the unexpected paths in life that result in positive change. It’s real good news!

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